Month: March 2023

Problem 9(a) of 2002 Euclid

Notice that given a right triangle, the side length of the inscribed square as shown above can be expressed using two side lengths of the right triangle. Look at the following diagram. It’s easy to see $ML:EF=CL:CF$, then $w:EF=(CF-w):CF$. Therefore we have $w=\frac{EF*CF}{EF+CF}$. This result is general. So, similarly, we can have the following equation […]